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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. CAMP AND NATHANIEL GARDNER, OF WHITE PIGEON MIOH.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,116, dated April30, 1878 application filed January 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, CHARLES E. CAMP and NATHANIEL GARDNER, of WhitePigeon, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have inventeda new and valuable Irnprovement in Olothes-Wringers; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference beiug had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of a part sectional sideview of our clotheswringer, and Fig. 2 is a part sectional rearend viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cross-bar. Fig. 4 is afront-end view of the modification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a clotheswringer, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates ourinvention.

A represents a bench, supported upon crossbars B and 0, attached to thefront and rear legs B B and O 0, respectively. The front legs B B arebent substantially in the form shown, and extended upward, parallel,above the bench, and their upper ends connected by a cross-bar, B Theupper parallel portions of the legs B B form the standards D D, betweenwhich the wringer-rollers F and F are located, the journals of saidrollers passing into slots 00 x in said standards D D. The journals a, aof the upper roller F rest upon stops b b when the machine is not inuse. Above each journal at is a block or bearing, 01, with a rubberspring, 6, interposed between it and the top cross-bar B In theoperation of the machine these rubber blocks 6 allow either end of theupper roller to rise, to accommodate any unevenness in the thickness ofthe clothes, sothat the thin portion of the garment will be squeezedequally as muchas the thicker portions. This may be accomplished also byan equalizing-bar, pivoted in the center to the under side of thecross-bar B and its ends resting upon the boxes d d, or upon thejournals a, a, as shown in Fig. 4.

The journals f f of the lower roller F also pass into the slots :20 w,and one of said journals is extended beyond the standard and providedwith a crank, G. This lower roller is supported by its journals restingupon arms h h, extending into the slots .70 a: from a crossbar, H, fromwhich a bar, I, projects vertically downward. The cross-bar H alsoserves as a support for the drip-pan P.

J represents a lever, hung upon a bail, K, below the table, and one endof said lever supporting the lower end of the bar I. The other end ofthe lever J is, by a strap, k, connected to a lever, L, which is pivotedto one of the rear legs 0, and provided with a projection, in, t8 engagewith a ratchet, n, on the other It will thus be seen that the tension isupon the lower roller, leverage,

and by means of the double as described, we obtain more purchase thancan be obtained in wringers where the tension is applied on the upperroller.

In place of the pressure-bar H, with its arms h h, we may simply formthe rod or bar I with a fork, having its two prongs extending into theslots w and supporting the lower roller-journals f.

A treadle, M, may be connected to the lever L, and thus the lowerroller'F made to rise and fall to suit the different thicknesses ofclothes. Bymeans of theratehet, as described, the upper roller is heldsteady.

To the front sides of the legs B is hinged a rack, N supported by a leg,0, for holding a basket or other receptacle to receive the clothes afterthey pass through the wringer. The tub, with the clothes, is to beplaced on the table A.

P is a spout, attached to the standards D D, for conducting the waterback into the tub. m m are guards, attached to the standards, forpreventing the clothes from getting in at the ends of the rollers.

We are fully aware that wrin ging-machin es in which the tension isapplied to the lower roller is not new, and we do not broadly claim suchas our invention.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The cross-bar H, provided with arms h h, extending into slots at asof the frame, and pendent bar I or its equivalent, in combinaexplained.

tion with the suspended lever J and lower In testimony that we claim theabove we roller F, substantially as and for the purpose have hereuntosubscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses. V

e CHARLES BARTON CAMP. NATHANIEL GARDNER.

2. The combination, with a pair of wringingrollers of the lever J, hungupon bail K, at-

BION N. GARDNER, GEO. G. DE PUY.

taehed to frame A with strap 70, connected to Witnesses: the lever L,having projection m, and the leg 0, with ratchet n, as described.

